RPC VII.2, 3124

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3124
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue With Π Π
Dating AD 238 and after
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus pater patriae
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear, holding shield (decorated with gorgoneion) and spear pointing forward
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ(ΕΩϹ), Α Μ Κ Β Γ
Reverse design veiled and draped bust of Tyche, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 1, 5, 6, 12
Specimens 29 (11 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., the form ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛƐⲰϹ also occurs, as well as the order Α Μ Κ Γ Β.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1894,0402.247 BMC 275
2 2     L: 1851,0503.326 BMC 276
3 3     L: 1925,1001.35 Tarsus hoard 137
4 4     P: 1440 SNG 1706
5 5     P: 1392 SNG 1713
6 6     P: 1539.14, Y 20263 SNG 1714
7 7     P: 1393 SNG 1715
8 8     ✸ B: 18274215, I-B
9 9     B: 18274214, Löbb.
10 10     NY: 1944.100.55038
11 11     O: Balliol
12 12     Bern SNG Righetti 1685
13 13     Bern SNG Righetti 1686
14 14     Winterthur: G 4721 GrMW III, 405
15 15     Ayvagediği hoard 88
16 16     C. Rhodes coll.
17 17     C. Rhodes coll.
18 18     CGT coll. = Auctiones 17, 16 June 2013, lot 47
19 19     CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 208
20 20     CNG EA 211, 3 June 2009, lot 326
21 21     CNG EA 310, 4 Sept. 2013, lot 319 = Berk 106, 20 Jan. 1999, lot 777
22 22     CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1170 = SNG Levante 1145
23 23     Gorny & Mosch EA 278, 21 Apr. 2021, lot 3605 = M&M Deutschland 19, 2006, lot 227
24 24     Lanz 144, 24 Nov. 2008, lot 623
25 25     Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 42, 3 Apr. 2016, lot 581
26 26     Roma Numismatics EA 21, 31 Oct. 2015, lot 550
27 27     Tahberer 1569
28 28     Boston: 1984.250
29 29     Brisbane: 2612